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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 97 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

To save you doing the conversion, that's 36.3kg.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, now could you convert that to American Standard lbs? /s

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 57 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

That’s about the weight of four, 20 lb bags of 9mm ammo

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah! Finally a metric I can understand!

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Still need it converted to freight trains, football fields and big macs

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 16 points 3 days ago

Wait I can't count that high can we visualize it with how many schools you can shoot up with those?

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What is that? Like 100 Budweiser's?

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago

Works out to about .56 Taylor Swifts.

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[–] pewpew@feddit.it 77 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hope it doesn't require a subscription or internet access

[–] Xylight@lemdro.id 7 points 3 days ago

too bad. Mandatory Internet connection to enable the ai enhancement features, and as a bonus uses built in Infrared sensors to upload your walking habits straight to Palantir. Updates are 2gb each because what the hell are patches or deltas. Uses 24w on idle for some reason. Includes agentic ai!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Hmmm tungsten. I learnt fro Scrooge McDuck that tungsten has a remarkable value per weight, no joke, and i am paying attention.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The app for this thing sucks tho

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It will be unsupported in 6 months too.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Damn, they're gonna brick my block just like that?

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 9 points 3 days ago

Don’t brick my brick bro

I honestly don't know which is more real: The mere existence of an app for an inert hunk of metal, or the fact that it's a miserable user experience?

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (5 children)

80 pound only? At that size? What, is it filled with sand?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 50 points 3 days ago

Probably cheaper than solid steel, enshittification strikes again

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Deceptive marketing. The 80 lb model is the budget model, but the picture shows the much fancier 300 lb model.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, they switched production methods in the 90s to save on manufacturing costs.

Back in the 70s they were made from solid steel

[–] radix@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Solid stainless steel at that weight would be roughly 17 cm per side (assuming a cube), depending on the exact alloy.

There's no perfect reference scale, but the diagonal width of the cube is 60% the width of the drawer (by pixels). My kitchen drawer measures 40.5 cm, so the cube is some 24.5 cm across diagonally. A 17 cm cube would be just over 24 cm. I did a lot of rounding at every step, but it seems to check out pretty darn well.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Ever seen the inside of an Aero bar?

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

So, how much does it cost?

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago

It's 80 quid, innit?

Always about 30% more than you're expecting.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Awesome I was looking for a wedding gift

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Easiest baby shower evaaa

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 17 points 3 days ago

Cool! Does it have AI? Also I want it to connect to a phone app, do not bring me an actual program, or a website (I don't understand what's a "browser", is it Google?), bring me an app! I'm fine with a subscription model, or if the cube starts leaking ooze onto the counter without it. It's also fine if the cube is expected to leak ooze two years from now, because some server thingamajig is gone.

/s obviously.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Steel?

When is someone gonna innovate, and develop the tech to do this with TUNGSTEN?

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[–] null@lemmy.org 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, but what attachments does it have?

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago
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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

I love how which devices get countertop space is a real reflection on culture around the world.

Here in the UK you can always find an electric kettle, without question. In Italy a Moka pot. In Japan a rice cooker.

It says a lot about what's important to people.

It's only really in the US that you see such a proliferation of hyper-specific gadgets. Smoothie maker, waffle maker, electric egg poacher, vegetable spiralizer...

I don't know if that says anything about American culture, or just that you guys have really big kitchens.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I've never seen any of those with permanent counter space in any American kitchen. I've never even heard of an electric egg poacher.

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[–] Serialchemist@ttrpg.network 8 points 3 days ago

The volume and depth of modern Japanese kitchen gadgetry puts America to shame.

Japan records centuries of history with specialized tools for making ceremonial beverages and foods.

So to your point: I think kitchen gadgets speak to highly consumerist cultures.

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's how I feel about airfryers when I already have a perfectly good convection oven.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Airfryers are just much faster to deal with smaller things. Less air to heat up before it reaches the desired temp.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Sometimes I use my oven for one thing and my air fryer for another thing at the same time.

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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

Yeah I think my wife bought this already

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes, but if you have other red appliances, the shade of red won't match.

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[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

No, but it can crush it.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Introducing the single use monstrosity! Used for shaving strawberries for one part of one dish!

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I used to have a bread machine about that size.

Hmm.... something about it, that's uh-...

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

Waiting for the black Friday sales

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Should be aluminum, way better at taking up space for its weight

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